Herbert Marcuse Quotes

Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to the capitalist mode of production.

Herbert Marcuse



Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another.

Herbert Marcuse



That which is cannot be true.

Herbert Marcuse



The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.

Herbert Marcuse



The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it.

Herbert Marcuse